The Kendall Hotel

Location. The smoke-free Kendall Hotel is located across from the Kendall Square transit station in Cambridge, Mass. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology stands adjacent to the hotel. The CambridgeSide Galleria Mall is located one-quarter mile away.
Hotel Features. The Kendall Hotel's lobby is warmed by a fireplace and is furnished with American memorabilia that showcases a specially commissioned clock crafted by a local artist. The hotel offers complimentary buffet-style breakfasts. The Black Sheep Restaurant & Bar prepares innovative American home-style dishes with a focus on organic and local ingredients. The bar features local microbrews. Wireless Internet access is complimentary throughout the hotel. A business center offers fax and photocopy services. Parking is available underneath the hotel for a fee.

Guestrooms. This seven-story hotel offers 73 guestrooms and four suites, all decorated with antique-reproduction furnishings. Beds are draped with Colonial-style quilts, 250-thread count cotton sheets, and both down and hypoallergenic pillows. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary, and radios are equipped with MP3 adaptors. Welcome amenities include bottled water and chocolates on the first night of stay. Bathrooms are stocked with Gilchrist & Soames toiletries. Suites feature full kitchens, gas fireplaces, two high-definition televisions and jetted tubs.

Expert Tip. When the Kendall Hotel's three-story, Queen Anne-style building was completed in 1895, it housed the Cambridge Fire Department's Engine 7 team, who referred to themselves as "The Black Sheep". The Kendall is a member of the Historic Hotels of America and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.